Mirror attachment for gas-stove doors.



No. 821,846. PATENTED MAY 29, 1906. B, F. ALLEN & G. R. FORD. MIRROR ATTACHMENT FOR- GAS STOVE DOORS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 22, 1905. Serial its. $61,860-

. Patented Mm 29.1906.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN. F. ALLEN andGEoRen 3. Form, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in 5 the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mirror Attachments for Gas-Stove Doors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyr0 p g drawings, forming part of this specificaion. v

Our invention relates to a mirror attach.- ment for application to the lower door of a' gas-stove oven, through the medium of which the burner beneath the oven-iioor may be observedfor the purpose of ascertaining whether the gas escaping from said burner is ignited or not. By this means we avoid the necessityof a person having to stoop downand look into the lower oven for the pur ose of ascertaining whether the burner isli ted.

Figure I is a perspective view of t 'elower portion of a gas-stove with the lower ovenv door in open position and our mirror attachment app ied thereto. Fig. II is a vertical seotion'taken through the forward part of the I lower portion of .a gas-stove with the lower oven-door in open position. 7 Fig. III is an enlarged top view of a fragment of the lower 0 oven-door with our mirror attachment apiplied thereto. Fig. IV is an enlarged-rear view of the mirror-frame. Fi .Vis a lon itudinal section taken on line V, Fig. III. Fig. VI is an enlarged view of a portion of the 5 lin1ng of the oven-door to which the mirror attachment is applied at the location of application of the mirror attachment.

Adesignates a portion of a gas-stove, B and C, respectively, the up er. and lower oven 49 doors, and D a part 0 the burner beneath the floor E of the upper oven. i 1 designates a mirror which may be of an desirable size and configuration and which 1s V ap lied to the lower OVBIifdOOI G at its inner s1 e in such position that the rays of light from the jets of flame of the burner D will be cast thereupon when the lower oven-door is open.-' B y so locating the mirror a person viewing it when the lower oven-door is open,

5o may readily discern-whether or not the gas escaping from the oven-burner is ignited.

I '1 e mirror 1 is preferably positioned within a frame 2, that has overturned lips at its sides by which the mirror is held, as seen most clearly in Fig. III. The frame 2 has ears 3 at its ends that are providedwith perfora-tionathrough which bolts 4 are assed and introduced through the lining Co the lower oven-door to hold the frame to said lining. Extending transversely across the face of the frame 2 and the mirror therein are guardrods 5, that serve to prevent breaka e of the mirror by any object being struo thereagainst when. being placed within or removed from the lower oven of the stove. At the rear of the mirror within the frame 2 is a protective sheet .6, preferablyof asbestos. In

"the rear side of the frame 2 are a plurality of air-holes 2. In the oven-door lining C immediately back of the nirror is an aperture C, that provides for the air between the outer wall of the door 0 and the doonliningQ entering into the back'of the mirror-frame through the air-holes therein. By this means the heat imparted to the mirror is permitted to be radiated therefrom into the airspace between the lining, and outer wall' of t e oven-door 0, thereby preventing breakage of the mirror. I 1

We claim as our 1nvention-.

1. The oemhniation with a gas stove ovendoor, of a mirror-frame provided with airholes at the rear side thereof, and a mirror seated in said frame, substantially as set forth. I p

2. The combinationwith a gas-stove oven door having an apertured lining, of a mirrorframe secured to said door at. e location of the aperture in said lining and provided with air-holes, and a mirror seated in said frame, substantially as set forth. U

3. The combination with a as-stove ovendoor having a lining provide with an a ei'- ture, of a mirror-frame secured to said 001' and having a plurality of air-holes registering with the aperture in the lining, a mirror seated in said frame, and a protective sheet at the rear of said mirror. substantially as set forth.

i BENJAMIN F. ALLEN.

. GEORGE R. FORD.- v In presence of- NELLIE V. ALEXANDER,

E. S. Kmenr. 

